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Senior Clean Water Modeller


RPS Group


Location

Derby, Derbyshire | United Kingdom


Job description

The RPS Water Technical business is a team of Engineers,Modellers and Data Analysts providing Asset Management and Operational Strategydevelopment, to our Water Industry clients to support business planning anddelivery.

Due to continued framework wins, we are lookingto appoint a number of Senior Clean Water Modellers at various locations acrossthe UK. Our Senior Clean Water Modellers lead our team in providing modelling,calibration and analytical support on a range of clean water projects.

Why RPS?

We’re a connected community, working together to achieve exceptional outcomes. We understand the need to work flexibly, empowering our people to create a work life balance that’s right for them. We also understand the importance of collaboration and social connection in the office environment. With agile offices and hybrid working offered as standard, we trust our people to find the right balance to meet client needs – this is a workplace that works for you.

RPS, A Tetra Tech company:

Representing an exciting new chapter in our business, on 24 January 2023 RPS became a Tetra Tech company. With 27,000 employees in more than 550 offices in more than 120 countries on seven continents, Tetra Tech is a leading, global provider of consulting and engineering services. As a Tetra Tech company, RPS is proud to offer our people market-leading development and project opportunities, helping to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.

About The Team:

RPS Water Technical is a team of Engineers, Modellers and Data Analysts providing Asset Management and Operational Strategy development, to our Water Industry clients to support business planning and delivery. This is an evolving industry, providing challenges and opportunities which require innovation, dedication and team work to help us meet our clients’ needs.

About RPS Water Technical:

It’s an exciting time to be working for our UK Water business as workload in the water market really takes off.With a broad portfolio of long-term framework agreements in place, we are ideally placed to help our clients deliver on the challenges facing them over the coming years - whether that is reducing leakage, pollution and flooding, or improving the environment and levels of service to their customers.

Our Water business employs around 1000 highly skilled and motivated people working on projects for all of the water and sewerage companies across the UK, and most of the water-only companies.We deliver a full range of end to end water and wastewater services including data collection and analytics; modelling and risk analysis / optimisation; data visualisation and mapping; artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions; feasibility studies; outline and detailed design of capital solutions; and development of optimised, risk based, operational interventions.

Come and join our team and truly make a difference to the future of water!

Main Responsibilities

Technical development and delivery of clean water hydraulic models, including model construction and calibration, model use studies, optioneering and analysis studies, to time, budget and the required quality
Leadership of modelling project teams delivering a diverse portfolio of water infrastructure projects
Line Management of project team members with responsibility for: day-to-day leadership and direction for team, workload planning and prioritisation, provision of technical direction and support, driving staff performance, motivation and career development
Ensuring quality of modelling outputs and compliance with standards, specifications and governance requirements
Accountable for commercial performance and forecasting of projects, and the production of bids and proposals.
Build, maintain and manage strong and collaborative working relationships with clients
Continual improvement of modelling tools, procedures and processes to drive efficiency and innovation
Maintaining and reporting on overall programme of work and associated resource demands
Developing and improving relationships and collaboration with other internal RPS modelling teams
Contribute to commercial performance, forecasting and risk management, and the production of bids and proposals
Management of all health and safety, quality and environmental aspects of projects
Travelling to the client and/or other RPS offices might be required, depending on location

Skills, experience & Qualifications required

Preferably Degree qualified in a relevant technical subject. Post graduate qualifications an advantage
Experience in water modelling using InfoWorks WS, Synergi Water or similar
You will be expected to have proficiency in MS 365 applications, and have knowledge in key areas such as advanced Excel and Visual Basic
Working knowledge of GIS Systems (preferably MapInfo, ArcGIS, QGIS).
Deep expertise in hydraulic modelling and/or related water infrastructure areas, taking responsibility for delivery of specialist, complex or innovative projects, ensuring client standard and specification compliance.
Ability to co-ordinate and manage staff at all levels, including line management of less experience colleagues, improve organisational effectiveness and a culture of continuous improvement
Ability to build, lead and motivate a team both internally and in partnership with external clients, and provide technical guidance and mentorship
Ability to manage (or support project managers to manage) small to large modelling projects/packages and programme of works
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Self-motivated, self-disciplined and having the ability to work to tight deadlines
Chartered membership (or working towards with demonstratable experience) of relevant professional institutions (CIWEM, IOW, ICE or equivalent) would be an advantage
Hold a full clean driving licence

About RPS Water Technical
It’s an exciting time to be working for our UK Waterbusiness as workload in the water market really takes off. With a broad portfolio of long-term frameworkagreements in place, we are ideally placed to help our clients deliver on thechallenges facing them over the coming years - whether that is reducingleakage, pollution and flooding, or improving the environment and levels ofservice to their customers.

Our Water business employs around 1000 highly skilled andmotivated people working on projects for all of the water and seweragecompanies across the UK, and most of the water-only companies. We deliver a full range of end to end waterand wastewater services including data collection and analytics; modelling andrisk analysis / optimisation; data visualisation and mapping; artificialintelligence and machine learning solutions; feasibility studies; outline anddetailed design of capital solutions; and development of optimised, risk based,operational interventions.

Come and join our team and truly make a difference to thefuture of water!


We know we develop better solutions together.

That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do. For us to live our purpose of creating shared value and to deliver on our promise to ‘make complex easy’ – for us and for our clients, we continue to build a culture where different working styles and experiences can thrive to achieve exceptional results.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with Inclusive Employers. We’re also proud to support reservists and their families, having signed the Armed Forces Covenant. An inclusive culture enables our people to do things differently, working in ways to suit them while delivering their best for RPS. That’s why we’ve created working groups as true inclusion is a journey that involves learning, collaboration, and engagement.


Please let us know if you require any adjustments during the interview process, we can then make reasonable changes to support you in performing to the best of your ability.

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